DICKSON, GORDON R. — The Far Call
New York: The Dial Press, 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a tiny bit of rubbing to the bottom spine end of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The top edge of the text block has some light ground-in dirt. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has some light rolling to the bottom sp; ine end, some light edge wear and nicking to the top spine end and a couple of other tiny spots of rubbing to the dust jacket edges. "Clute points out that Dickson, like Poul Anderson, with whom he collaborated in the Hoka series, "[tends] to infuse an austere Nordic pathos into wooded, rural midwestern American settings". His works often have mercenaries as their protagonists and deal with aliens that are "less deracinated and more lovable than humans" (Clute). They "are inclined to take on a heightened, sagalike complexion" (Clute) , particularly through the insertion of lyric poetry that is sometimes rather inferior. "(from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .
